Advantages: Fine editing with a rehearse option and programmable playback of tracks
Disadvantages: Can be hard to find, needs a padded carrying case

...I am amazed that reviews of Minidisc recorders concentyrate on size, colour and how neat they are rather on what they can do.I have found that there is only one brand of portable mini disc recorder that can edit to a hundredth of a second AND programme tracks for playback.That brand is Aiwa. I use my mini disc for editing interviews for my student radio programmes and the nudge edit facility on this machine means I can edit in the field, on the train or on a bus to a degree of accuracy as good as a full size mains operated domestic machine. Whilst Panasonic also offers this facility their portables don't programme. I DJ using CD's but I have a large collection of vinyl and if I need a particular record from that collection rather than take Technics record deck out I copy the track on to minidisc and take my Aiwa portable with me. Using... Read review

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Advantages: Price, sound quality
Disadvantages: None

...Aiwa NSX-V400 Mini Music System I bought this system just over a year ago and I am all praises. At PDS135.00, at the time, it was a great deal. Prices for this model or the equivalent new model are probably cheaper now. This one has a single CD player but I could have got almost the identical model with 3 CD player for about PDS50.00 more. It also has a double cassette player with continuous play, FM/MW/LW digital radio, 70 Watt speakers (although I was disappointed that these we’re made in the Czech Republic instead of Japan), Surround system, 4 preset graphic equalizer and a host of other specs. The sound quality and output are very good. Do you really want other models and brands, which give you unusable amount of watts per channel, if you’re using it at home? Would you ever use this maximum output? Well... Read review

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Advantages: EVERYTHING!- Great sound quality, very reliable, excelent build quality, evey feature you could ever want, full remote control and very good speakers
Disadvantages: Err, could always be cheaper (what couldn't?)

...I have always loked AIWA products. Whenever a new one comes in at work I am the first to get it out and give it a go. I replace my hi-fi every year to get the latest AIWA. The most recent being the NSX-555 and NSX-V900 - both excellent but models below the 888. As soon as the 888 came in I knew I had o buy it. It costs arround £200 now as it has come down in price but I bought it at £250. WOW! The features for £250 is unbeliveable. It has two amplifiers, one for the low (bass) frequencies and one for the high (treble) frequencies so there is no sound distorition. THe speakers are excellet, with a sub-woofer fo deep respocive bass and then the mid range and tweeters for clear higher sounds. It also has build in surround sound (not Dolby) which simulates different envirometns - Disco Hall, Concert Hall or Live event... Read review

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Advantages: Solid as a brick, A work of art, Intuitive Menu System
Disadvantages: None that I can see

...still holding your newest gadget. You'd be hard pressed to buy any portable music player supplied with "decent" earphones anyway - why expect Apple's supplied earbuds to be significantly better. I bought Sony's MDR-EX71SL earphones at £27 to compliment my iPod, and not only do they sound better than the supplied earbuds - which are already far better than average supplied earphones anyway - I don't have to worry about about getting beaten and mugged on the streets. If you have some spare cash, you may want to go for Shure's EC2 or EC3 earphones at ~ £60 and £125 respectively. Listening to 320kbps music, you'd also be very hard pressed to tell if it were an mp3 or from a CD, especially if you're commuting on the noisy Central Line. Before I bought the iPod mini, I bought the Aiwa HZ-WS2000 - an ultra-slim 1.5gb portable hard disc mp3... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of great features, very durable, good price
Disadvantages: Disadvantages? Yeah right!

...NOTE ************ For background on Walkmans in general and why you should still use them today please see my opinion on “Aiwa Walkmans in General” with the title “Walkmania – Walkmans in General”. INTRODUCTION ********************** A few years ago I was looking for a new Walkman as my old one, a very outdated Sony model, had broken. So where do you begin when looking for a Walkman? Well, I personally decided to look in the Argos catalogue for a bargain Walkman made by a brand I could trust. I opted for the same manufacturer as my Hi-Fi, Aiwa, and this attractive little Aiwa HS-TX486 caught my eye at a very affordable price. PRICE ************* I forget what the price was back then, but now after some research I can tell you that this little gem can now be bought for just £20.00, which... Read review

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Advantages: Great features, reliable, good speakers and remote...
Disadvantages: None

...INTRODUCTION - THE PURCHASE A few years ago now I had finally decided to make the step from cassettes to CDs. I had already bought a couple of CDs and played them in my computer, but it was now time to look for a HiFi for use in my bedroom. As with the Aiwa Walkman you may have read one of recent ops about, I had a look in Argos for a company that I trusted. I had bought Aiwa products before and I thought (and still do) that they are a very reliable company with good quality products., so when I saw this HiFi for £100 (it is cheaper now - read on for the current price), I immediately read about its features and ten minutes later it was in the boot of the car on the way home. The unit plays CDs, cassettes and the radio, as well as having several other useful features. The Aiwa LCX-150 was very easy to set up even for me, and since I... Read review

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Advantages: Good Mids & Highs, Feather Touch Cassette Deck, 5 CD Changer, Good Aesthetics
Disadvantages: Costs £148 for a Micro, Average Bass Quality, Average Build Quality

... ***ABOUT AIWA*** Aiwa was founded in 1951, initially as a manufacturer of microphones. The company is particularly renowned for its pioneering work in audio cassette players and produced Japan’s first digital audio tape player. Always a manufacturer with an audio orientation, Aiwa invented the popular “mini hifi system” style, and the carousel 3cd changer which both became standards for the whole market. Aiwa’s audio innovations such as “front surround” continue today, for example the new “i-bass” system ( which I have experienced, Thank You ).In february 2002 Sony Corporation announced its strategy for renewing the Aiwa brand and Aiwa was absorbed into the Sony Group, becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary effective october 2002. So Aiwa now actually uses Sony's production as well as materials procurement, information... Read review

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Advantages: Sturdy, cheap, feature-filled.
Disadvantages: Burns through batteries, but all these things do.

...in the real world. Eventually I found a store that had both of them, and at a price for cheaper than both of them, the Aiwa XP MP3. The Aiwa XP MP3 portable MP3 player looked like it had all the features I wanted. Anti-skip protection, it reads the filenames off of the disc, plays both audio CDs and MP3 discs. I wasn't asking for much, just that it work, and it play all the stuff that I had, which it does perfectly, and at 12000 yen ($93.75 at the exchange rate back then, now it'd be around $88.89.) it was a steal, considering the TDK Mojo was going for $130, plus shipping and tax. This thing has been great. I have had no problems with it so far, except for the fact that I can't figure out how to make it shuffle the MP3 tracks. I know there's a way to do it, I just haven't figured it out yet, and the manuals aren't in English/I've thrown... Read review

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Advantages: stylish
Disadvantages: not amazingly advanced

...There isnt a great amount to say on this product, largely because there isnt alot to it, its pretty simple: The Aiwa FR/A220 is your typical alram clock/radio combo. It demonstrates a digital display and pretty simple-to-use operations for its programming, although, as is the case with alarm clocks, it wasnt as straightforward as the manufacturer, Aiwa, probably invisaged. It does implement some good design points in its style, take for example the flat bottom, which makes it more stable than some products of this nature, particularly with the typical morning procedure of just hitting the general direction of the clock to shut it up at 7 30am! Also to the aesthetic bonus of this unit is the detailing of the 2 ring around the display, this adds an addition to the visual content of the product. The colour scheme isnt... Read review

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Advantages: high tech sound and video
Disadvantages: to many wires

...the new product from aiwa brings a totaly new prospective on how to percive dvd technology. the sound is superb an so is the the video. the fact is that this new dvd player is one of the best of its kind. if your are able to configurate the aiwa xd-dw1-prtable dvd player with other high quality products it should give you all of the benefits that dvd can offer. the only trouble you ight get with this product is that there are too many wires and the instalation is not easy as it might seem on the first look. overall it is a fine piece of technology that everyone should be able to afford. jaka... Read review

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